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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of London Borough of Bromley. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Bromley website
15,610 approved · 4,202 refused · 555 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Jan 2021 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 27 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
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17 Broadwalk, Orpington, BR6 7RZ
Received 3 Mar 20254 Denbridge Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2AG
Received 13 Aug 202113 The Glebe, Chislehurst, BR7 5PX
Received 1 Apr 202129 Old Hill, Orpington, BR6 6BW
Received 12 May 2021Flat 1, 6 Lawn Road, Beckenham, BR3 1RH
Received 10 Feb 2025Priestfield, Watts Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 5PJ
Received 28 Sept 202121 The Chenies, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR6 0ED
Received 16 May 202214 Forest Ridge, Keston, BR2 6EQ
Received 5 Sept 20245 Park Hill, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2JH
Received 19 Jan 2022Street Record, Brockwell Avenue, Beckenham
Received 30 Aug 2024The Rookery, Rookery Drive, Chislehurst, BR7 5NJ
Received 28 Feb 202428 Forest Drive, Keston, BR2 6EF
Received 22 Jul 2024Holmoaks House, 47 Bromley Road, Beckenham, BR3 5PA
Received 29 Apr 20242 Silverdale Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NJ
Received 3 May 2023J Sainsbury, 73 High Street, Chislehurst, BR7 5AG
Received 6 May 2022105 Coniston Road, Bromley, BR1 4JA
Received 7 Jul 2022Ground Floor Room 2, 37 College Road, Bromley, BR1 3PU
Received 25 Mar 2022203 High Street, Penge, London, SE20 7PF
Received 26 Apr 202449 Barnfield Wood Road, Beckenham, BR3 6ST
Received 27 Sept 2022Fountain Court, Lawrie Park Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 6EE
Received 4 Nov 20212 Julian Road, Orpington, BR6 6HU
Received 2 Sept 2024272 Kent House Road, Beckenham, BR3 1JG
Received 11 Mar 20214 Hilldown Road, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7HX
Received 1 Aug 202218 Holbrook Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6PF
Received 26 Jun 2023Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for London Borough of Bromley, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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